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APPLICATION FILED MAY 24, 1909.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 24. 1909.

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JOSEPH B. ANTHONY AND ROBERT M. MORRIS, OF CLARENDON, TEXAS.

WATER-VALVE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Josnrrr B. ANTHONY and ROBERT M. MORRIS, citizensof the United States, residing at Clarendon, in the county of Donley andState of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inater-Valves, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to valves and is especially designed as a valvefor water supply systems.

The principal object of our invention is to provide a valve constructionwhich is simple and economical in construction and which will not freezeup in cold weather by drip or waste water congealing therein.

\Vith this and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts aswill be more fully described and particularly pointed out in' theappended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a watervalve embodying our improvements; Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinalsection of the valve with the upper valve seated; Fig. 3 is a similarview showing the upper valve raised and the lower valve seated; Fig. tis a vertical longitudinal section of a slightly modified form of theinvention showing one position of the valve; and Fig. 5 is a similarview showing the other position of the valve.

In the accompanying drawings which are for illustrative purposes onlyand are not drawn to scale, the valve comprises a T- coupling or casing,1, the portion, 2, of which provides a water outlet to which isconnected by means of the nipple, 3, the elbow, t, of the downwardlyextending supply pipe, 5, which may lead to the house or any otherdesired point. Upper and lower nipples or pipe sections, 6 and 7respectively, screw into the opposite ends of the vertical portion, 8,of the T-coupling or casing. The outer end of the upper nipple or pipesection, 6, is externally threaded as at 9, to which is screwed acollar, 10, which provides a valve casing for the valve, 11, and isconnected to the pipe section, 12, by a nipple, 13. The upper end of thepipe section, 12, is closed by the cap, 14:, provided with the centralvertical aperture, 15, which provides for the passage of the water inthe tank, 15, into the pipe section, 12. The valve, 11, which may be ofleather or other suitable like ma- Speoification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 24, 1909.

Patented Apr. 12, 1910.

Serial No. 497,845.

terial, is secured to the threaded portion, 16,

of the valve stem, 17, by the clamping nuts, I

18, and normally seats on the upper end of the nipple, 6. The valve stemis also provided with a lower valve, 19, which normally positionssomewhat below an annular series of outlet ports, 20, formed in thenipple, 7. A waste pipe, 21, is screwed to the lower end of the nlpple,7 through which extends the lower end of the valve stem. A hanger rod,22, depends from the tank and has pivoted to its lower end a horizontaloperating lever, 23, the inner end of which is connected with the hookedend, 2a, of a sleeve, 25, screwing on the lower end ofthe valve stem andthe opposite end of which is provided with an operating chain or cord,26, which may lead to any suitable point within the convenient reach ofthe operator.

In practice, the upper valve, 11, normally seats upon the upper end ofthe nipple or upper pipe section, 6, and seals it against the passage ofthe water in the tank thereinto, while the lower valve positions some--what below the outlet ports, 20, of the lower nipple or pipe section, 7.

To operate the valve the operator pulls upon the cord or chain, 26,which raises the upper valve, 11, from its seat and permits the water topass into the upper nipple or pipe section, 6, through the outletportion, 2, of the T-coupling 1, to the discharge pipe, 5,

and at the same time causes the lower valve,

19, to close the outlet ports, 20. After the desired quantity of waterhas been secured from the tank, which for example, might be the tank orreservoir of a windmill, the operating cord or chain, 26, is released,thuspermitting the upper valve, 11, to again close or seal the upper endof the nipple or pipe section, 6, while the lower valve, 19, again dropsbelow the outlet ports, 20, and permits any waste or drip water to passtherethrough and. thus obviates any liability of the valve freezing upby reason of drip water congealing in the lower nipple or pipe sectionin cold weather.

In the modified form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5, thelower valve, 19, seats against the lower end of the lower nipple or pipesection when the upper valve is raised, and the outlet ports, 20, aredispensed with. In this form of the invention when the operating cord orchain is released and the valve, 11, reseated, the drip water passesthrough the lower end of the nipple,

7, into the casing, 27, through which it passes to a drain barrel orothersuitable receptacle arranged to catch the drip water. It is to beunderstood of course, that while we have described our valve as designedprimarily for use in connection wit-h water supply systems it may beused in any connection where a valve of this type would be desired.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without re quiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages oi. this invention.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is l. A valve of theclass described, comprising an intermediate two way outlet section, asupply pipe connected to the outer portion of the outlet section, upperand lower sections connected with the opposite ends of the verticalportion of the outlet section, the lower section having an annularseries of outlet ports, a valve stem extending through the valvesections, a valve arranged at the upper end of the stem to normallyclose the upper end of the upper valve section, a second lower valvearranged on the stem to position below the outlet ports of the lowervalve section when the upper valve is seated and to close said portswhen the upper valve is raised or unseated, and manually operable meansconnected to the lower end of the valve stem to operate the valve.

2. A valve of the class described comprising an intermediate outletsection, upper and lower valve sections connected to opposite ends ofthe outlet section, a supply pipe connected with the upper valve sectionby means of a nipple, a waste pipe connected to the lower valve section,a valve stem extending through the center of the valve sections, theintermediate outlet section, the supply pipe and the waste pipe, a valvearranged to normally seat on the upper valve section and a second valvearranged to close the lower valve section against the passage of watertherethrough when the upper valve is raised or unseated, but to permitthe passage of drip or waste water through the lower section when theupper valve is seated, said valve stem terminating at its lower end inan eye whereto manually operated means are connected for the operationof the valve, the upper end of the valve stem passing through aperforation in a cap screwed to the upper end of the supply pipe for thepurpose of the guidance thereof.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures, in presence of twowitnesses.

JOSEPH B. ANTHONY. ROBERT M. MORRIS.

Witnesses:

J. L. DAVIS, JOHN M. BRooKs.

